Gang involved in another attack in Monroe County

State police believe that two suspects in last week's drive-by shooting in Hamilton Township are members of a street gang called the Almighty Black P Stones.

CHRIS REBER

State police believe that two suspects in last week's drive-by shooting in Hamilton Township are members of a street gang called the Almighty Black P Stones.

And court documents say that three teens believed to be P Stones members have also been accused in a strongarm robbery in Tobyhanna Township this summer.

A total of six people have been arrested in connection with the Aug. 26 break-in of an alleged drug house in Emerald Lakes.

Police said the group attempted to steal from a house where one of them had previously purchased marijuana. But they were foiled when one of the burglars accidentally shot another in the head.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police believe that three of the six suspects in that case, Kevin Reynolds, 20, Kendall Aytch, 19, and a 16-year-old juvenile male, all of East Stroudsburg, are P Stones members.

Aytch and Reynolds have both pleaded guilty to felony charges for their roles.

Reputed P-Stones gang members Dygunn Mitchell and Brandon June Wilson are among those accused of killing a Hamilton Township man during a drive-by shooting at his home in Hillside Mobile Home Park in the early hours of Jan. 14.

According to a police affidavit:

Police were called to a home on Clearview Drive on Aug. 26 for a report of a burglary in progress.

The residents told police that at least four men, three armed with handguns, had entered the house demanding money. They told police that several shots had been fired, grazing one resident and narrowly missing another.

At some point, residents said one of the burglars accidentally shot one of his accomplices in the head, at which point they fled the residence.

That man, Jehovah Maldonado, 18, was arrested at Pocono Medical Center, where he was being treated for the non-life threatening bullet wound.

The victims identified one of the burglars as a man who had purchased marijuana at the house, 20-year-old Martin Ranko.

Ranko, who also lives in Emerald Lakes, was arrested and identified another co-conspirator — the 16-year-old juvenile from East Stroudsburg.

Police said they looked at social media accounts the boy held under the name "Clipz Stone," which is believed to be a reference to the P Stones, and found pictures of him and other gang members flashing gang signs, wearing colors beads and tattoos consistent with gang activity and possessing firearms. They said he also has a juvenile criminal history, including aggravated assault.

Police found that the boy's father owned four registered firearms that matched the caliber of the weapons used in the shooting. The boy was arrested Sept. 3.

Police searched his phone and found that he had exchanged Facebook and text messages with Ranko and two other men named "Grimey Stone" and "Ken Goon," who were later identified as Reynolds and Aytch. Ranko and the juvenile confirmed they were co-conspirators. Reynolds and Aytch were arrested Sept. 12 and confessed to their involvement in the crimes. Reynolds admitted he shot Maldonado.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police officials confirmed Thursday that they believe Reynolds, Aytch and the juvenile are all members of the P Stones gang.